Hundreds killed on Polish roads in summer
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
03.09.2018 13:50
A total of 617 people have been killed and over 8,200 injured in accidents on Polish roads this summer, police said on Monday.
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Traffic officers reported that from June 22 to September 2 there were 6,880 road accidents, down around 10 percent on the same period last year.
Cops stopped more than 23,000 drink-drivers.
Poland’s National Police Headquarters said the main causes of accidents were speeding, failing to giving way to drivers who had priority and dangerous overtaking manoeuvres.
(pk/gs)
Source: PAP